Nick Cannon Talks Career, and New Gig

" This happened here tonight you hear more from they have an hour I guess yeah there is alive -- and -- a pleasure to be thankful -- for comment thank you very bad now. Most of the folks out there are no you they don't see your behind the scenes stuff I -- camera right right what do you enjoy doing more being in the production the entrepreneurial. Biz are being in front of the you know it's funny I like to call my -- retainer. You know -- hunter protected her like there is one of those way. I take out the delicacy on entertainer yet they retain a lifeline to fight -- your thing I'll I'll I'll roll look at as president big because -- since the began mockery when I started doing stand up when I was a teenager. I'm always made you know self promoting. Started off -- the staff writer on television and so. That behind the scenes -- Fed has always been something that is this intrigue me but then obviously I mean I'm not to -- be in front of the camera. Back up all a lot of blood Dukakis they still not fill they fill my fellow now. I started guy started journalism young I was I was working at the journal at The Wall Street -- when -- a lot of time I looked a lot younger -- I was and I walked in and and I sort of have to prove myself every time because people think that anybody that young. You know they they don't have the experience they don't have that absolutely. And that's that they want people always ask you have to work harder if he were alive -- why you always dressed up when he -- like that not outlook like seventeen year old kid is writing Rudolph is not known what he's going so you got to address supply and then like you said he got the kind of prove yourself Polonia. I'm 2828. Case you are you work when I was 28. I looked about as young as you are right now that I X -- what -- I currently am makes drink a lot of water what's coming up what do you what do you focusing your your entertainer. Its focus on an island entertainers talent we have a lot of interesting stuff obviously as the chairman -- and with them Viacom and we have a lot insisting pride at work by the way did you negotiate that you yourself I did. I have been you know produces things for Viacom almost a decade now and I don't -- you know without familiar -- A lot of the people who who have the big -- you know the kids Stanley networking even you know that MTV networks and general. I was like -- you've got these along got to know these demographic and understands demographic stuff with Vietnam my chart in deck and give my researches. I know this world I understand this world. I live this world. Let me got a -- they -- not only you know let's see some brand recognition that the same time. Allow that because to me it's all about four young people by AMD would think we gotta get them involved and -- the days you know when television was like here just watch this. Over is likely want to be in Iraq and they've -- anyway moral leader may get a deal of these people granted they knew that you knew young folks what they like -- like but the big try to play you at all that they try to figure while this -- young inexperienced we complain belong we could. Did you see any of that there -- A lot of respect I mean one thing how astronomy show that this didn't come off as if the vanity deal -- on May not think comes with a lot of it when you know -- Entertainers I get producer credits you know executive producing here's I want to come -- some back office window dress did an album I'm in the office every single day you know answer phones taking calls taken meetings -- I think that that's all my -- I gotta -- in a way that not this then as an attainable and waited to have taken phase of the business now. Often if you have skin in the game if you literally have stated it gives you more authority is right or power so did you try to work out a deal where you have some like that. A little big economy around I'm still trying to make sure that you know mom. Bill a lot of the back in stuff is coming to that's where you really get to make a value of money though learnt that throughout the years -- let me get a piece whatever on creating a whatever -- making so. You not to retire by -- oh I got totally what's that three years well a long -- the -- grow fast while by the way we should mention. I don't feel my was in the news but you've just bought a new house so that your wife -- Larry -- not that house that everyone thinks we bought that house is what is like a 120 -- the -- about. It's it's a lot of stories drug that we've all but one that's 500 million dollars and shake it it's still -- a respected -- people. -- Want to get their minds and guns off the you know the economy in this stimulus package behind the and they wanted his lap and have a good where you go for me I mean clearly I guarantee you're even if you have the money you probably already -- retire you're not going to want to do not I think to me it's entertainment is just one aspect of my life I think. My watch sports they want to call and it is you know out there and inspired people unless we should mention by the way you've got into this business sort of on local access to because your dad was a preacher -- I threw my dad had. Televangelists program -- got a little bit of that preacher yeah little bit like today's firefighter loves to inspire people and I believe you know my life is a testimony in itself and to speak and things into existence in you know live in the journeyman and discount -- you know this. Recognize and what you want to be analyzed in achievement in that thing so I just want to got they can't explain that and as you know you optimism. In even in these sounds -- you gotta be go to Waco with a smile at. And go down feeling really good -- countless that's wonderful wonderful advice from a 47 year old is going to retire at three years go to CNN. At a critical back -- without my beloved -- the -- Nick Cannon right."